Projects At Home During Lockdown

[husaberg]

They are impossible to sell. They do everything OK. For some reason people value scaretheshitoutofmyself more than I can ride the length and breadth of the country without being held up or breaking down.

i blame the current communist goverment and their leader for that chairman.

[F5 Dave]

I still grimace thinking about the movie Gataca where they made him taller.

But have you perched on a modern enduro bike?

[TheDemonLord]

It's starting to look Wall shaped!!

[george formby]

That is thorough...! Verging on OCD.

Did you budget for the rug doctor, too?

[TheDemonLord]

Ta daaaaaaaaaaaa!

I'm bloody knackered though - Fuck GIB and Fuck Door Frames and window frames.

And fuck the little goblin bastard that makes all my measurements be out by like 5 mm....

Next week will hopefully get the first layer of stop on.

[TheDemonLord]

That is thorough...! Verging on OCD.

Did you budget for the rug doctor, too?

Haha, I've managed to vacuum up most mess, but once all the projects in that room are completed, will probably give the carpet some love.

[pritch]

But have you perched on a modern enduro bike?

True. I have worked at heights on construction projects in conditions that would make OSH people faint. The second most frightening experience at height was when I hopped(?) on a modern 250 MotoX bike.

[Berries]

Traded a both feet down easy GSXR750 for a stupidly tall KTM690. I am 6'1" and it is ridiculously high. At one regular intersection I can't put my left foot down due to the camber. I guarantee I will drop it one day when paddling backwards to park it. And clean tight jeans makes mounting the bastard a mission.

Good fun when it has a bit of forward motion though.

[george formby]

Traded a both feet down easy GSXR750 for a stupidly tall KTM690. I am 6'1" and it is ridiculously high. At one regular intersection I can't put my left foot down due to the camber. I guarantee I will drop it one day when paddling backwards to park it. And clean tight jeans makes mounting the bastard a mission.

Good fun when it has a bit of forward motion though.

I'm 6'2" and get altitude sickness on my mates PE400X, my feet are easily 6" off the ground when sat on it. I would hate to drop it off road, needs a good run up to get mounted.

[F5 Dave]

My Tiger took a bit of care, and the 890DukeR was a bit of the same and one of the reasons I didn't buy it. A mates 690 I sat on, and I thought, you commute on this?!??

[TheDemonLord]

The mighty quest continues, first layer of stop down, gotta twiddle my thumbs for 24 hrs then assault it with the orbital sander, then put the 2nd coat on, wait, sand.

Depending on finish, might do a 3rd coat and a very light sand with a fine sandpaper.

[george formby]

The mighty quest continues, first layer of stop down, gotta twiddle my thumbs for 24 hrs then assault it with the orbital sander, then put the 2nd coat on, wait, sand.

Depending on finish, might do a 3rd coat and a very light sand with a fine sandpaper.

Are you going to put a primer / seal on before paint?

When we did ours I thought I had done a diligent sanding job but the primer really highlighted defects and "fuzz". More sanding....

[TheDemonLord]

Are you going to put a primer / seal on before paint?

When we did ours I thought I had done a diligent sanding job but the primer really highlighted defects and "fuzz". More sanding....

That wall is actually gonna be a feature wall - with fancy Wallpaper, but the purpose of redoing it was to practice where my mistakes can be hidden, when I do the kitchen ceiling, that will be painted and primed - so hopefully I'll be up to scratch.

And yes... I hate sanding too!

[Blackbird]

I’ve been doing a “ground zero” preventive maintenance job on the 1972 MGB GT we recently bought. It’s in superb condition but there was no written lubrication record, particularly with respect to greasing the zillion lubrication nipples, all of which are in hard to reach places under the car. Have had to spend quite a bit of money on peripherals such as a good trolley jack (not the tinny things that Repco sells) and other tools to make life easier, like a big syringe to change the diff oil.

Only one problem so far. Whilst accessing the gearbox level/filler plug through the top of the transmission tunnel (in an awkward place of course), I also managed to pull up a wire with one end of a spade connector through the hole. After much dicking about , I found that it was the overdrive power source. Getting it back in place required grovelling under the car into a space where a 5 year old’s hands would have been the right size. Got severe cramp in the palm of one hand which made me holler a bit but got there in the end.

I think we’re now over the tool and accessory buying hump and maybe 80% through the lubrication schedule. Perhaps that will stop my wife asking when we’re going to have a decent outing in it rather than pissing about in the garage, sigh……. That's the hidden side of owning a classic car

[F5 Dave]

I'm 6'2" and get altitude sickness on my mates PE400X, my feet are easily 6" off the ground when sat on it. I would hate to drop it off road, needs a good run up to get mounted.

Had to Google the X, I knew they never went full floater, so really just a T.

I went 1/2s in a 175T in an arrangement that was never going to really work past me learning to ride better than down a trail and back, he'd have a go, repeat.
I remember riding 3 up with his girlfriend in the middle to the back of the suburb to ride.
He didn't let me have a go while waiting for him to return on the bike, which was a bit churlish.

Mind you I wouldn't have known what to do, at least I could change gear and fan the clutch a little on the bike.
Fortunately the bike got stolen like a week later so it dissolved any further dispute of that nature.

I was 17 before I financially recovered to buy an XR250. The PE was infinitely better.